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This year's Super Bowl might have failed to live up to the expectations of all but the Seattle faithful, but the Sunday Million that ran simultaneously here at PokerStars was anything but a disappointment. That was especially true for one player who had cashed in the tournament many times in the past, including a couple of deep runs, without making it as far as the final table. The big game stole away a few hundred players to leave this week's field at 7,709, down a bit from the last few...more

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Poker players often make New Year's resolutions that pertain to their bankrolls, tournament goals, and amount of playing time. Six days into 2013, many players were already putting those aspirations into action, and the first Sunday of the New Year offered more opportunities for that. Winning a Sunday Million is...more

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The last Sunday Million of 2012 brought quite a few players to the virtual tables. The final chance to score the most coveted weekly tournament title in poker attracted the masses for a larger-than-usual number in the $1 million guaranteed event. Satellites were full of players trying to win their...more

Thanks to the holiday weekend, this week's Sunday Million prize pool vaulted past the $1.5 million mark-- because really, who doesn't want a six-figure score for Christmas? 7,718 players bought in and 1,170 of them earned a share of the massive prize pool with first place set to earn a...more

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As the second half of December takes over the calendar, the end of 2012 is in sight. For poker players, it means there are only a few weeks remaining to capture a major Sunday online poker title. And there is no tournament more major than the Sunday Million. A sizeable...more

Going into the Sunday Million final table as a short stack is a stomach-churning proposition. Nearly $200,000 separated the bottom rung from the top this week. Ninth place might pay off a credit card. First could pay off a house. So, how would you feel with 18 big blinds? That's...more

"Left the belt there last time. Went back and got it. Won the Sunday Million!!!!!" So tweeted @icekevin, better known around these parts as Kevin "iacog4" Iacofano, a formerly Las Vegas-based pro who now calls London home. The "last time" he alluded to was back on April 29, when he...more

What's in a screen name? Some players pick a screen name for fun, and others do it to throw opponents off their game. Men can choose a moniker that indicates a female player is at the table, and women can do the same by choosing a screen name indicative of...more

On the last day of MicroMillions III, much focus was on that Main Event and the other tournaments scheduled for the last day of the 100-event series. The excitement surrounding the series increased numbers overall from the second running of MicroMillions, and the final numbers were being tabulated and winners...more

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Much of the focus on this particular weekend was on the micro stakes tournaments, specifically those affiliated with the MicroMillions III. The series was in its fourth day and drawing huge numbers for the low buy-in tournaments. But on Sunday, there is still one tournament to win, and that is...more

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Royal Jiks looked like he had it made. When the final table kicked off, he had two and a half times the stack of his closest competitor. And while everyone else was sweating money jumps and increasing blinds, he was able to hang back and rake in pots with the...more

When PokerStars announces something like their recurring Double Vision promotion, players know that it's going to be a big day. The double tournaments will not only give them twice the opportunities to win the most coveted titles in poker, but the field sizes will increase in the major events as...more

The long Sunday grind often leaves us seeing double, only today it was no mere mirage. Double Vision Sunday was back, each of the Sunday Majors running twice to give players double the chance at a life-changing score. Cards went in the air for the Sunday Million II 30 minutes...more

The schedule of Sunday tournaments on PokerStars is enough to satisfy even the strongest multi-tabler in the game. Players have everything they could want in tournaments, not to mention cash games, on their favorite online poker site. From the PCA satellites to the Sunday Million, there are trips to win...more

Dan "Danny98765" Smith was already on a career-making rush when he sat down to play today's Sunday Million. Akin to ElkY's 2008 or Vanessa Selbst's 2010, Smith has banked $3.6 million in live tournament earnings in 2012, including wins in the $100k Aussie Millions Super High Roller, the €50k EPT...more

This looked to be one of those final tables when the chip leader runs away with it. Armed with more than twice the chips of his closest competitor, a$$ou came in with a huge advantage that served him well all the way to five-handed play. That's when a pair of...more

Fifteen big blinds. It's enough to make an opponent think twice when you three-bet shove, enough to keep you out of total danger. But should that re-shove run afoul of the poker gods or into a monster hand, well, game over. That's the situation JopperHarryN faced as he made the...more